SPSS Keyboard Shortcuts

SPSS contains a number of very useful keyboard shortcuts that can make working with it far faster. We recommend that you try to learn these shortcuts as they really do make a big difference. They vary according to the window that you are working in and so we have grouped them by window.

Any Window

ALT + TAB                       Cycle between different windows
ALT + F4                          Close the current window
CTRL + SHIFT + END     Move to the end of the current line

Data Editor Window

CTRL + T                         Cycle between the variable view and data view

Syntax Window

F1                                     Opens the Help window
F2                                     Selects the Entire Command from the current cursor position
CTRL + R                         Selects Run the selected code
CTRL + C                         Selects Copy the selected code
CTRL + X                         Cut the selected code
CTRL + V                         Paste the selected syntax
CTRL + A                         Selected everything in the current window
CTRL + F                         Opens the find search box
CTRL + H                         Opens the replace search box
CTRL + Z                         Undo the most recent changes made.
CTRL + Y                         Reinstate the last undo 
SHIFT + END                   Move to the end of the current line